Spain shares higher at close of trade; IBEX 35 up 1.36%

Investing.com – Spain equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services&Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Building&Construction sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 gained 1.36% to hit a new 5-year high.

The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were ArcelorMittal SA (BME:MTS), which rose 4.95% or 1.10 points to trade at 23.32 at the close. Grifols SA (BME:GRLS) added 4.51% or 0.42 points to end at 9.83 and Puig Brands SA (BME:PUIGb) was up 4.03% or 0.79 points to 20.40 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Repsol (BME:REP), which lost 0.94% or 0.11 points to trade at 11.60 in late trade. Telefonica (BME:TEF) declined 0.34% or 0.02 points to end at 4.42 and Redeia Corporacion SA (BME:REDE) shed 0.34% or 0.06 points to 17.37.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 142 to 43 and 28 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.06% or 1.55 to $2,686.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.32% or 1.62 to hit $68.07 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 2.04% or 1.49 to trade at $71.41 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.36% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.29% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 100.33.